A password is not necessary, but certainly recommended.
See these sections of the mysql documentation: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/GRANT.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Adding_users.html At 12:31 PM 16/08/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Hi Andy ! > >Thanks for your response. > >I have created a user named tomcat in mysql and I have granted acccess >but...I haven't created any password for this user, is necesary a password?? > >Urtzi > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Eastham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: viernes 16 de agosto de 2002 12:25 >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: RE: Run Tomcat as tomcat user > > >Urtzi, > >You need to grant access to the tomcat user. See the section in the GRANT >command in the mysql manual (available online at the www.mysql.com site). >By default, root can connect without a password, but other users need to be >granted access. > >You'll need to execute something like: >GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on *.* to nobody@yourhostname identified by >'nobodyspassword'; > >The password is not the unix password - its mysql specific and set by this >command. > >I recommend you read up to make sure you're only grant what you need - after >all there's no point running as nobody if it can do everything root can... > >Test it by doing >su - nobody >then check that you can connect with the password you've set. > >Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Urtzi Larrazabal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 16 August 2002 11:04 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Run Tomcat as tomcat user > > > > > > > > Hi ! > > > > I am trying to run tomcat as tomcat user. When I start it, it > > seems to start without any problem. I execute some jsp and it > > works fine but when I execute a page tha require to connect to > > mysql database it cant't connect to the database and an empty log > > named something like DCB_1029483253596.log is generated. Running > > tomcat as root I haven't any problem. > > > > żany idea? > > > > Regards, > > > > Urtzi. > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
